The Black Lips Arabia Mountain Vice The self-proclaimed ‘Flower Punks’ are back with Arabia Mountain, their seventh album, and first since 2009’s 200 Million Thousand. The Black Lips bring a lot more flower than punk to this record, opting for a [...]
Actual Water The Paisley Orchard Unfamiliar Records If four years is what it takes to finish an album and release it, then so be it. The Paisley Orchard is worth the wait. Music today is no longer the art of the rebellious teen spirit, as it was [...]
Martin Solveig Smash Warner Music Canada If it’s not ‘Big In Japan’ yet, it’s definitely big in the club scenes and radio stations. Electro meets Pop, grabbing a larger audience, Martin Solveig’s, Smash is heavy, energetic and something your [...]
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Blood Lust Metal Blade It’s been a while since I’ve heard deep and dark retro sounds from a modern Metal band. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats sound like they were pulled right out of the early ’70s black magic era of [...]
Skold Tonight EP Metropolis Records My reaction when I first played “Tonight” was: ‘Wow, what am I listening to?’ This is when Tim Skold won me over. From Shotgun Messiah, through KMFDM to Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold finally comes back to his solo [...]
Blondes Business/Pleasure – Lover/Hater MEROK/RVNG INTL With Blonde’s latest release you will find a rather bland set of chilled out Electronica tunes that barely get a passing grade. The music does not come across all that evolved from [...]
Garth Hudson & Various Artists Chest Fever – A Canadian Tribute to The Band Curve Music Garth Hudson has grouped an all-star cast of Canadian musicians to build Chest Fever – A Canadian Tribute to The Band. Ultimately this release will leave [...]
Betty Moon Rollin Revolution Evolver Music Betty Moon is back with Rollin Revolution, a smoking hot album bustling with attitude and roaring energy. Moon, a Toronto native who now calls Los Angeles home, can boast a string of albums to her [...]
Dirty Projectors + Björk Mount Wittenburg Orca Domino Recording Inc. Listening to Dirty Projectors’ album Mount Wittenburg Orca (featuring Björk as co-collaborator) definitely classifies as one of the most interesting experiences of my life. If [...]